英语

tracing

gb/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/ us/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
B1 英语
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名词 B2 process
1

following something to its source

finding out where something came from, where it went, or how it changed over time

用法模式: tracing [something] to [something]; the tracing of [something]
常见错误:
For parcels and online orders, tracking is usually more natural than tracing. Tracing often looks backward to the source or history.
近义词
tracking (similar, but often suggests following movement or progress over time) | following (more general and less investigative) | investigation (broader; may involve many methods, not only following a trail)
反义词
concealment (hiding the source or path rather than finding it) | obscuring (making a trail harder to follow)
搭配
source tracing |origin tracing |ancestry tracing |route tracing |genealogical tracing |funds tracing |careful tracing |tracing the source |tracing the history of |tracing the route
主题
investigation |history |research |movement
例句
  • The tracing of the stolen funds led investigators to an overseas account.
  • Her article is a careful tracing of how the slang term spread online.
  • Tracing the source of the leak took the engineers two days.
学习者例句
  • Tracing my family history is fun.
  • Tracing the source of the noise was difficult.
名词 B1 action
2

copying by following lines

copying a picture or letter by drawing on top of its lines

用法模式: tracing [letters/a picture/an outline]
常见错误:
Tracing is not the same as drawing freehand; tracing follows an existing shape or line.
近义词
copying (more general; does not necessarily mean drawing over the original) | outlining (focuses on drawing the outer shape) | transferring (often used when moving a design from one surface to another)
反义词
freehand drawing (drawing without following an existing image or guide) | erasing (removing lines rather than copying them)
搭配
letter tracing |line tracing |image tracing |outline tracing |tracing exercise |tracing worksheet |tracing activity |tracing practice |tracing tool |tracing paper
主题
art |education |design |children
例句
  • Tracing letters helps children learn their shapes.
  • She put the photograph under a sheet of paper and started tracing the outline.
  • The app lets you practice tracing Chinese characters on the screen.
学习者例句
  • I practiced tracing circles.
  • Tracing this picture is easy.
名词 B2 entity
3

copy made by tracing

a copy of a picture or shape made by tracing it

用法模式: a tracing of [something]; make a tracing
常见错误:
A tracing is the finished copy; tracing can also mean the action of making that copy.
近义词
copy (more general; can be made in many ways) | outline (emphasizes the outer shape rather than the whole copied image) | reproduction (more formal; may refer to a higher-quality copy)
反义词
original (the source image or object, not the copied version)
搭配
make a tracing |a tracing of a map |a pencil tracing |an outline tracing |a rough tracing |a detailed tracing |tracings of inscriptions |architectural tracing
主题
art |design |documents |education
例句
  • Make a tracing of the floor plan before you change the original.
  • The archaeologists compared tracings of the inscription from two different sites.
  • The detective kept a tracing of the tire mark in the case file.
学习者例句
  • This is my tracing of the map.
  • She made a tracing of the flower.
名词 technical C1 process
4

recording activity for analysis

recording what a system or program does so people can find problems

用法模式: enable tracing; tracing of [requests/events/execution]
常见错误:
In computing, tracing overlaps with logging, but tracing often follows detailed flow through a system rather than just recording separate messages.
近义词
logging (often less focused on following a path through a system) | monitoring (broader; may watch performance without recording detailed flows) | instrumentation (more technical; refers to adding measurement points to code or systems)
反义词
unmonitored operation (running without recording or observing detailed activity)
搭配
enable tracing |disable tracing |execution tracing |request tracing |distributed tracing |network tracing |system tracing |API tracing |tracing data |tracing tool
主题
technology |software |engineering |diagnostics
例句
  • Enable tracing before you run the test, so we can see where the request fails.
  • The team added tracing to the payment service after several slow checkouts.
  • Tracing data showed that most of the delay came from the database.
学习者例句
  • Tracing helps developers find errors.
  • We turned on tracing to see the problem.
名词 technical C1 entity
5

diagnostic graph record

a line graph from a medical machine, such as a heart test

用法模式: an ECG/EKG/EEG tracing; a tracing of [activity/heartbeat]
常见错误:
A medical tracing is the record or graph, not usually the medical test itself.
近义词
recording (more general; can be audio, video, or data as well as a graph) | printout (emphasizes the paper or displayed result) | trace (shorter technical term often used for the same kind of graph)
搭配
ECG tracing |EKG tracing |EEG tracing |heart-rate tracing |fetal tracing |waveform tracing |baseline tracing |abnormal tracing |printed tracing
主题
medicine |health |diagnostics |science
例句
  • The ECG tracing showed an irregular heartbeat.
  • A nurse printed the fetal heart-rate tracing for the doctor.
  • The EEG tracing changed when the patient fell asleep.
学习者例句
  • The doctor looked at the heart tracing.
语法
词典原形
tracing
IPA
GB/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
US/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
音节与重音
tra - cing (2 个音节)
Stress on 1st syllable (tra)
词形变化
Noun
  • Base: tracing
  • Plural: tracing, tracings
相关表达

asset tracing

1
/ˈæsˌɛt tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase legal

locating hidden or disputed assets

finding where money or property is and who controls it

例句
  • The court ordered asset tracing to find money moved out of the company.
  • Asset tracing revealed a series of transfers through shell companies.
  • The firm specializes in asset tracing after large fraud cases.

call tracing

1
/kˈɔl tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase

identifying a call source

finding where a phone call came from

例句
  • Police used call tracing to identify where the emergency call came from.
  • The phone company can activate call tracing for repeated threatening calls.
  • Call tracing showed that the number had been spoofed.

contact tracing

1
/kˈɑntˌækt tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase

identifying exposed disease contacts

finding people who may have caught a disease from someone else

例句
  • Contact tracing began as soon as the measles case was confirmed.
  • The clinic used contact tracing to warn people who might have been exposed.
  • Effective contact tracing can help slow the spread of an outbreak.

distributed tracing

1
/dɪstɹˈɪbjətɪd tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase technical

monitoring requests across services

a way for developers to follow one request through many connected computer services

例句
  • Distributed tracing showed that the checkout request slowed down in the inventory service.
  • Engineers use distributed tracing to debug microservices.
  • The platform added distributed tracing to make production errors easier to investigate.

ray tracing

1
/ɹˈeɪ tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase technical

realistic light simulation

a way for computers to make light and reflections look realistic

例句
  • Ray tracing makes reflections and shadows look more realistic in games.
  • The new graphics card can handle real-time ray tracing.
  • The film studio used ray tracing to render the glass and water effects.

skip tracing

1
/skˈɪp tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase technical

locating a hard-to-find person

finding someone who is hard to find, often because they owe money or are avoiding people

例句
  • The agency used skip tracing to find a tenant who had left without paying rent.
  • Skip tracing combines public records, credit data, and interviews.
  • A private investigator handled the skip tracing for the law firm.

tracing paper

1
/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ pˈeɪpɚ/
fixed phrase

transparent copying paper

thin paper you can see through, used to copy drawings

例句
  • She laid tracing paper over the sketch and copied the design.
  • The sewing pattern was printed on thin tracing paper.
  • Students used tracing paper to compare the two maps.

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